A Case of Severe and Recurrent Painless Thyroiditis Requiring Thyroidectomy

OBJECTIVE: To report a case of severe and recurrent painless thyroiditis requiring thyroidectomy. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION: A 47-year-old man who presented with severe thyrotoxicosis was found to have extremely low radioactive iodine uptake, negative TSH receptor antibodies, and normal...

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Autores principales: Ishii, Hiroaki, Takei, Masahiro, Sato, Yoshihiko, Ito, Tokiko, Ito, Ken-ichi, Sakai, Yasuhiro, Yumita, Wataru, Suzuki, Satoru, Komatsu, Mitsuhisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5586865/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23182952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000345212
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To report a case of severe and recurrent painless thyroiditis requiring thyroidectomy. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION: A 47-year-old man who presented with severe thyrotoxicosis was found to have extremely low radioactive iodine uptake, negative TSH receptor antibodies, and normal C-reactive protein; these findings suggested a diagnosis of painless thyroiditis. Due to the severity and recurrence of thyrotoxicosis, surgical resection of the thyroid gland was performed to prevent a thyrotoxic storm. Histological examination revealed typical lymphoid infiltration of the thyroid gland. CONCLUSION: This case illustrates that a patient with painless thyroiditis was successfully treated with surgery.

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